GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| postulate | demand |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |